Ordinal — may refer to: Ordinal number (linguistics), a word representing the rank of a number Ordinal scale, ranking things that are not necessarily numbers Ordinal indicator, the sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number Ordinal… … Wikipedia

ordinal — [ôrd′ n əl] adj. [ME ordynal, conforming to order &LT; LL ordinalis &LT; L ordo,ORDER] 1. expressing order or succession, specif. of a number in a series: see ORDINAL NUMBER 2. of an order of animals or plants n. 1. ORDINAL NUMBER 2. [ … English World dictionary